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Does anyone have any advice/experience on laying floor tiles outdoors? I have a small well sheltered courtyard and fancy doing something a bit different than slabs, setts, gravel, etc. I will be laying a concrete screed atop the current concrete slab to give the required rainwater fall...

I was after a warm pitched (lean-to) roof. But the cost of the insulation boards and breather membrane are just too expensive when all I need to cover is about 4 sqm of roof. Then I found Screwfix's "Pitch Roofing Insulation" which are 105x400x1200mm insulation boards with integral water...

Anyone know what tarred gaskin is and where to get hold of it from? I need to connect underground plastic drainage pipe to an old clay pipe via an adapter which requires caulking the joint using the olde worlde gaskin method.

Is it sufficient to insert the DPM from the internal floor slab into the internal section of a cavity wall to form the DPC; or is a separate DPC strip required in addition to the DPM? If so (i) WHY and (ii) does it matter if the DPM sits atop or beneath the DPC? Thanks

I need to shift a gully a metre from where it is now and slightly reroute the underground drain pipes in my yard. The old drain pipes are socketed clay pipes with rigid mortar joints. I intend to replace the pipes with uPVC and fit a new gully. I need to join the new uPVC section to the...

Hey there. Wondering if you have any rules of thumb / methods of determining required gutter size for a lower smaller roof that has to cope with the rainwater from a higher larger roof as well as its own? My main roof (one 'pitch') is about 33sqm, being 10.5m wide. It has standard 112mm half...

I am soon to build a small rear porch (less than 3sqm and hidden behind my 2.9m boundary wall). I only need to erect an 'L shaped wall' as it abuts an existing extension and will be built level with it. I will obviously have to prepare a foundation (probably trench fill). I have never...

Just come across this great forum. Wonder if anyone can advise me on installing flashing on a slate roof against a stone wall? I wish to re-weatherproof a 1940s extension against circa 1850 stone walls. I have read plenty of advice on angle grinding between brick courses (and just looked...